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KLOSS (Dr. [George Franz Burkhard]). Catalogue of the Library of Dr. Kloss, of Franckfort aM., Professor; Including Many Original and Unpublished Manuscripts, and Printed Books with MS. Annotations, by Philip Melanchthon. Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son... on Thursday, May 7th, and Nineteen Following Days...1835
London: Sotheby & Son, 8vo (225 x 140 mm), xxiii, [1], [3]-343, [1]pp.,, 8 lithographed plates (5 folding), later calf brown morocco, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. Scarce sale catalogue of the large celebrated collection of incunabula (mainly from German presses) and manuscripts gathered together by Professor Kloss, a physician from Frankfurt, built on the collections of Johannes von Dalberg, Bishop of Worms, Adelmann von Adelmannsted and the Church Library at Essligen. 4,682 lots. Provenance: From the reference library of E. P. Goldschmidt with initials stamped in gilt at base of spine. De Ricci, p.117.
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